1. My topic is the tools that the natives used.
    2. What I already know:
  1. Who? The indians around america used these tools
    What?T
    when? Sometime before the colonials came.
    Why? They used tools so they could build and so they could get the resources they needed to survive.
    How? I think it's they way they made them
    3.What I want to know (research questions)
    Who? who used which tools?
    What? What kinds of tools did the indians use
    Where? Where was each different tool used
    When? At what point did this start and end?
    Why? Why did they use certain kinds of tools
    How? How was each tool used
    4. My research strategy:
    Who? I'll ask ms. Horn and ms. Brem for information
    What? Export

    Tools
Hand tools influenced Native Americans by creating an easier way of living.


Tools...tools were used by Natives all over america and are still used today! There are hundreds of tools that were used throughout the time the Natives had lived in america to today. Ameru







At first pots were used mainly for cooking, but later in time pots were used to store foods as well.

(http://www.nativetech.org/pottery/pottery.htm. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2010. http://www.nativetech.org/pottery/pottery.htm.)

Pottery was first used by New England Native Americans about 3,000 years ago. During the Archaic period, groups of people scheduled their movements into a seasonal cycle in accordance with the seasonal abundance of particular resources. Pottery was used by the natives almost ever since the they lived in america.


(http://www.nativetech.org/pottery/pottery.htm. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2010. http://www.nativetech.org/pottery/pottery.htm.)
Pottery is assumed to have been made by women, there are few early historic references to men making pottery. The women would treat it like an art and make dozens of pots every year. The most useful